liberian
/ˌlaɪˈbɪə.ɹi.ɘn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Liberia or the Liberian people.
Example Sentences
- "Several Liberians voiced their offense over Trump’s comment to Boakai, given the US president’s past remarks on African countries and the colonial legacy left by the US organization in Liberia."
- "“I felt insulted because our country is an English-speaking country,” Archie Tamel Harris, a Liberian youth advocate, told CNN."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros Proto-Italic *louðeros Old Latin loeber Latin līber Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Liberia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Liberian From Liberia + -an.